Woman searching for cats finds burglar hiding under bed

Christian Vatovec arrested after Palm Springs woman touches suspect

PALM SPRINGS, Fla. – A South Florida woman searching for her two cats reached her hand under her bed and touched a hiding burglar instead, police said.

The 61-year-old Palm Springs woman called 911 after "she felt she had touched human skin," according to a police report. "The suspect was hiding under her bed."

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That suspect, later identified as Christian Vatovec, 25, of Lake Worth, ran out of the house through the back door and jumped a fence, but police later found him near a canal in the neighborhood, the report said.

The woman positively identified Vatovec as the man who was hiding under her bed.

Police said a gold ankle bracelet and digital camera were stolen.

Vatovec faces charges of burglary to an occupied dwelling, grand theft and resisting arrest without violence.

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